hyeres day 4

Today the wind was lighter, 7 to 10 knots. The speed was much better than yesterday.  We started well in the middle-left, but after some minutes we had to tack because a british was pointing too high for us. We were lucky to find a lane to tack back and head left again. We were lucky again to able to sail free until the end of the leg, turning the top mark 3rd. On the run there was a right persistent shift and we lost an irish boat which had gone to corner and lead the race then. We went to right mark at the gate and passed JoeFly, and then we controlled th fleet until the end of the race to finish 3rd.

The second start was bad because the boat under us started 10 seconds earlier, so they killed theirselves and  us. We crossed behind half fleet and went to the right, with the left side always favoured with the easterly wind. We turned the mark 20th-25th, and gained more than ten boats on the first downwind, making an early gybe which took us to the layline while the others were overstanding with a right shift.

On the second beat we gained some space , controlled Bolzan and Bressani. On the last run we passed the ucranian boat to finish 7th.

Much much better today!!